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[Gen8 General] MarkY972:
Archos 101it brick after deleting a loader partition

Hello guys,

I have installed lxde version of linux on my rooted Archos and with my stupidity i tried to increase the swap file with Gparted prog and i guess that i deleted a first partition (30mb) that is on the nand mem. After reboot i got a black screen and nothing but the green light is on, brick. Any one with idea how can i restore the bootloader or do a hardd reset and install the original aos file?

The Pc is not recognizing the archos when i connect him thrue the usb port...

Thank's in advance

Marky
[Gen8 General] scholbert:
Hey Marky!

Right now, there's no easy way to restore bricks like this from scratch.

BTW, which model you are speaking of?

If you are curious and have good skills in soldering and hacking code, you might find a way though. It needs development...

As i wrote down, it is possible to tweak the hardware and boot the device with an external MicroSD card.

I used GPL'ed bootloader code to start and ported it to work on the A101 G8.

See this thread for the sources:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1572506

You may find a way to enhance u-boot and gain access to the internal eMMC.

You might then restore the internal structure from within u-boot console.

This could be a long way...

So if you're a geek and like research and development, you can do it.

It's up to you...

Cheers,

scholbert
[Gen8 General] scholbert:
O.k. we might try something...

If your device is really bricked (e.g. partition table is corrupt) it won't start any code on the eMMC.

Though it might load the signature file in the very first sector of the eMMC, we might try the following:

Please read this first:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16274855&postcount=4

I used a tool from TI which could be downloaded here:

https://gforge.ti.com/gf/project/flash/frs/

It is known to work well on Windows XP. Haven't tested on other OS yet.

Download this package, unpack the zip file to a folder of your choice and install the program.

Make sure your Archos tablet is completely powered off (press power button for at least 10 sec.).

Connect the MicroUSB cable to your Archos device and connect it to your computer.

Power up your Archos tablet and step into the Device Manager on your PC.

Is there an unknown device in the list?

If yes, go on:

Included in the package you'll find windows driver.

Select the unknown device and install this driver manually.

Tell me what's happening?

Regards,

scholbert
[Gen8 General] MarkY972:
work in progress....

Hello Scholbert,

First off all let me thank you for your responce and your try help me!!!!

Sorry it took me a long time to responce, new build is on the way at work...

Well i tryied to install the ti flash tool still nothing, the tool is waiting for the device to be connected (see attached screen shot).

I also tried to connect the device when he is powered off and and then turn on , there no new usb devices under device manager.

I thought about some interesting project: i got bricked :) (i love brick things) motorola milestone and as i know archos and milestone share the same ti platform, meiby there is possebillity to solder the nand from the milestone to archos? what you say?

What about to boot the archos from sd card? is there something that i can do without the

possibility of connecting the archos to the pc?

Best regards

marky
[Gen8 General] scholbert:
Hi MarkY972,

so it was worth a try, but it seems your device stucks in bootloader... though i do not know if your MBR on the eMMC is still intact.

Anyway i'll leave some comments, maybe you are willing to play around with this stuff ;)

O.k., basically device still accepts the eMMC as a boot media, or at least tries to boot from it. At some point the CPU definitely get's into a dead loop or something, because higher level loaders could not be started.

There are basically two possibilites to get out of this:

- change the boot mode with a hardware hack to enable peripheral booting

- shorten some data lines of internal eMMC and hope the ROM loader will then enter USB boot mode

So if you like to check this out you'll have to open the case.

You'll definitely need to cheat some logic on the board to go ahead...

Forget about that...

Apart from entering the art of soldering at high level, it won't be of a real use.

The milestone uses NAND flash, while Archos uses eMMC media to boot from.

Apart form that the first stage loaders are completely different and so is the hardware mapping of the devices.

Yeah sure this was a project i once started here... but you'll need some extensive tweaks at hardware level :p

So far i got no kernel booting up though. This needs to be developed.

No not that much i guess.

As i said basically, you could force the device to boot from MicroSD.

Maybe it's a better choice to enter the path of USB boot mode...

If you are willing to open your device and read through the information i already posted here, we might enter the next step :rolleyes:

Have nice day!

scholbert
[Gen8 General] MarkY972:
work in progress...

Hey !!!

" If you are willing to open your device and read through the information i already posted here, we might enter the next step"

The tablet is all ready bricked so i guess i got nothing to loose so i there something that can be done i can give it a try .... :)

What you mean "....enter the path of USB boot mode....."

Thank's scholbert , Have a nice weekend

Marky
[Gen8 General] scholbert:
We could try to enter peripheral USB boot mode by shorting a pair of data signals to the eMMC during early boot.

As stated in the picture of my first post... the boot mode is set up to detect MMC2 device first.

... but if it fails, the OMAP starts to probe for other devices as well.

The order is defined by the boot mode signals.

The default boot mode of archos is 0b1010001, which means OMAP ROM checks in this order:

MMC2 -> USB -> UART3 -> MMC1

Apart form tweaking the boot mode signals directly, we could also cheat the CPU by breaking conversation to eMMC at MMC2 interface during ROM loader boot device scan. This way we might get into USB boot mode.

Please refer to the datasheet for further information.

In fact this would be not a real step ahead, because there's nothing useful yet to load via USB... but if we easily could enter this mode, we could try to prepare some second stage loader, transfer it to the device's SDRAM and start it...

You'll need the TI Flash tool to do so.

It a nice playground anyway... :D

I'll post a pic of the data lines to the eMMC early next week.

Have fun!

scholbert
[Gen8 General] MarkY972:
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Hey,

"You'll need the TI Flash tool to do so.

It a nice playground anyway... :D

I'll post a pic of the data lines to the eMMC early next week."

Waiting for the "data lines"....and whatever you think can help with the project...

P.S. can you please attach the screen shot from "Ti flash tool" for the settings that you used to flash your Archos It101. It seems that there is no 3630 ?

Thank's scholbert

Marky
[Gen8 General] scholbert:
See the pics below... you'll need to short the lower data lines, it's simply trial and error.

OMAP3630 is compatible with DM3730 or partly with AM37xx.

So in this case you might use the file attached and replace the one found in the Ti package.

In the Ti Flash tool GUI select custom AM37xx board, you may refer to the screenshot... this one had been already posted.

With this configuration the SDRAM and PLL is set up and a second loader is transfered, nothing more nothing less.

I never flashed a A101IT this way... but i wrote some files to SDRAM.

There'd been only experiments so far, so i got no ready to use solution.

You'll definitely need to spend some research on this stuff to make some progress. I may answer some questions, but right now there's no spare time for such experiments.

Good luck!

scholbert
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mbiggs31183:
OK, so I have a small problem. I followed Chadster's guide on flashing KG4 using ODIN. Afterwards, the system booted up just fine, but when I went back into download mode using the 3 button method, windows said it was an unknown device. I've tried updating the drivers, uninstalling the drivers, using Zadig, and installing those sony erricson drivers that came with Chadster's zip file. Nothing seems to get windows to recognize my phone in download mode!

Any help would be appreciated. :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mbiggs31183:
UPDATE:

Using USBDeview, I managed to get the drivers working again so windows recognized my phone in Download mode. But, now Odin just hangs at "<ID:0/004> SetupConnection.."

Am I just screwed?:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] cnote74:
Try a different usb port and see if that works.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] MoToKrusheR:
EDIT: My Issue was resolved. Just kept un-installing and reinstalling the USB Driver pack for the SGS4G from Samsung's web site... it finally picked up.

I am in a VERY Similar position. Except after I installed KG4, everything was fine, and USB drivers worked. But... I wanted to root KG4 using ODIN, and this Guide here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15973153&postcount=211

After the First Flash all was well, saw the red Fugu fish and all that. Booted back in to Download mode to do the second flash, and windows now says Unrecognized USB Device, and obviously ODIN Won't pick it up now. Am I missing something On the USB Drivers? I too did the Stock Samsung USB Driver pack, and the Ericson ones... no go.. Trying A different port also doesn't work...
[Desire General] Spezz Monkey:
I have run the HTC development ruu on my unbranded desire and I can't change the locale to UK. It shows on date and time that I am in the correct time zone but under languages and keyboard its still set to English US. Is there any way of changing this?
[Desire General] gerhard_wa:
Now that you mention it I remember that before installing the Scandinavian keyboard and the Swedish dictionary from the market, the default keyboard AND dictionary was US English.

I didn´t pay too much attention because there are no Scandinavian keyboards in the earlier versions and so I always install this from market. The difference is that in Froyo there was at least a Swedish dictionary, even if it was a bit rudimentary.

Perhaps this is one of the things cut down to save space. There must be some keyboards and dictionaries you can install from the market I suppose.
[Desire General] Spezz Monkey:
The problem that i have is weird, i am set to UK time and location but for some reason as the language is set too US English i cant access the UK Android Market or the UK Amazon MP3 market. I would have thought that as my location was set to UK i would get UK based stores/apps?

Does anyone know how i would go about changing it to UK?

Any help is much appreciated.
[Desire General] decmk:
Try morelocale 2 free from market
[Desire General] Spezz Monkey:
That did the job.

Thank you very much!
[Desire General] jgmccabe:
Hi - hope you're still getting notifications of this, but can you confirm that sorted out your issues with the UK Android Market? I've just done pretty much the same thing with the Gingerbread update and noticed it didn't have English (United Kingdom) so Play Store is saying some apps can't be installed in my country, when they were installed fine before flashing.

Thanks

John
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sinatics:
I see all these screenshots of nook colors in landscape mode witch is my preferred view. I wasnt able to find a landscape view lock function in launcher pro plus.. Is there a way to lock the home screen orientation on the home screen?
[Xoom General] SemperAndroid:
Hi,

I know there was a thread on this but can't seem to find it the one I need. I saw the one for WIFI, but was unsure if it had all the steps required.

I have a Xoom running 3.2 and want to return it all the way back to factory and let it upgrade OTA naturally.

I have the SBF, but not sure of exact steps required to lock. Should I lock and then SBF?

Thanks
[Xoom General] bwcorvus:
Just sbf...and you will be good.

Sent from my PG86100
[EVO Shift 4G General] kali323:
So my little brother has a evo shift and the top of touch screen doesnt respond/work. The phone doesnt have the sprint total protection plan, only my evo 3d does. Can I get manafactured warranty to get it fix? or should i buy the parts to fix it? if so which part would I need, the LCD screen or the glass digitizer. thanks
[EVO Shift 4G General] Stuke00:
Should be warranty issue.

Btw, august is open enrollment for insurance so you can get it for the shift now.
[EVO Shift 4G General] foxsdaddy67:
chances are its a loose cable. i had the same problem with mine. sprint store should be able to fix it easily. BUT dont leave the store til you make sure they did
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
If your under 30 days it's covered. If not just throw insurance on it for 30 days for ( $8 a month ) . Than after the 30 days take it in for service. Let them fix it, wait a few days and cancel. Done this already a few times in the past. But now my phones are always insured to the max :D .
[EVO Shift 4G General] kali323:
thanks for all the info

ok so instead of adding insurance with open enrollment i put my phone number on it since my phone number already has insurance. This is my 2nd day with me using this phone so how many days should I wait until I take it to the sprint store? I search and some suggest a week and others like a month, thanks
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
I would definately wait at least a week. Maybe two, before I went in and tried to exchange it.
[XPERIA X8 General] abaz123:
A lot of people have been saying that they have improved the x8gesture [ thanks to doixanh ;) ] but they didn't show us anything :(

So I'd like to know if there are or will be devs working on improving dualtouch for synaptic digitizers.

Thanks in advance.

P.S: sorry for bad english
[XPERIA X8 General] Spevky:
Dx has finished his work on x8 gesture...And i dont see anybody working on a dual touch.
[XPERIA X8 General] abaz123:
So? Nobody? :(
[XPERIA X8 General] Spevky:
Yep ... You still have x8 gesture :)
[HTC EVO 3D] ojstimpy:
Wonder if it's possible to have a ps3 remote compatible with an aosp rom like that Wiimote app was. Evo 3D is a BT 3.0 phone. Anyone know about this?
[HTC EVO 3D] NewZJ:
accessories forum has a thread on it, there's a ps2 controller (lookalike)
[HTC Sensation] lexynet:
Just did a full wipe/install of 1.0.8 and just booting up the first time I received a FC for Google Services Framework (com.google.process.gapps). Subsequently, after initial setup wizard and rebooting, I got the FC again.

And Geo-Dedection is't in Function
[HTC Sensation] setzer715:
Is there a question there? If so I recommend going to that thread to ask the question.

The FC is known and Baad is working to fix. HTC Location is also broken, for now. All this is in that thread.
[HTC Sensation] lexynet:
It ist now fixed :) in 1.0.9
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arcanixX:
Since 2 nights ago (and after 3 months of perfectly operating), my 3G network suddenly stopped working, and I haven't been able to reconnect to it. I can only use 2G (GSM) network.

I thought it might be a hardware issue, but when I search for 3G networks, it actually finds my operator's 3G. When I try to connect to it, it says "Registering on DIGITEL" then "your sim card does not allow a connection to this network". I tried with 3 more sim cards and nothing. If I select "WCDMA ONLY", it instantly says in the status bar "Selected Network (DIGITEL) unavailable".

I did a factory data reset (through menu), nothing. Then a Hard Reset through PC Companion, nothing. I tried turning flight mode off and on, and even turned off and on the radio from the "Phone Information" menu and nothing.

I called to my operator but they claim to see no problem (they're always terrible and useless).

I read somewhere about flashing the radio or something like that! Does anybody knows about this? Any help please? :(

I have a LT15i running 2.3.3 Built 3.0.1.A.0.145

Baseband version: 7X30A-AAABQMAZM-1290_21-22
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeFiant*X:
I was looking through my photobucket (which I never use) and found a screenshot of my old G1. Can anyone help my find this wallpaper? It was in the Old Palm Pre Themes, but those are gone now.

EDIT

Found them here if anyone wants them!

http://forums.androidcentral.com/wallpapers-ringtones-themes/8052-palm-pre-wallpapers-droid.html
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeenAndroidized:
I would have to say wrong section.

Try posting your question in G1 Themes and Wallpapers
[HTC EVO 3D] robr81:
ive tried a few....most didnt work and the ones that did sucked ;( ...anyone have any good suggestions....ill even buy it. use to use shoot me and loved it anything along that line?
[HTC EVO 3D] phatmanxxl:
drocap

.......
[HTC EVO 3D] websterzx10r1:
I am using MyPhoneExplorer on a rooted 3d sharp shooter
[HTC EVO 3D] djhyphy:
i use screen shot it...great app!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] darkkuja2:
Hey guys I'm in need of help acquiring a custom recovery for HTC bee now it can be fully rooted does anyone know if the costume is out or can anybody make it for the community I and so the community will greatly appreciate It

Ps.sorry I reposted this but I think this is the right section
[T-Mobile LG G2x] smoothmoose:
{Reposting to the right forum}

Ok. So I ran into a serious issue and it most likely has something to do with the 3G radio.

Here's what happened. Phone was down to about 15% batteries after some Youtube and Angry birds. I was at my folks place and the cell signal there is not as strong, but still a bar showing. I noticed the phone was quite warm, but thought nothing of it since I was using Youtube/Angry birds. Check a few emails and noticed the batters quickly dropping to 12% within a few minutes and noticed Battery Status Monitor was reporting 990mA draw. I was alarmed, but didn't think too much about it and went to have dinner with the folks.

about 30/40 min later after dinner. The battery was dead. Didn't have my charger with me, so I didn't plug in for another couple of hours until I got home. Plugged in, booted up, everything was fine, except it would not connect to cell service stating "No Service". I then tried a bunch of things, rebooting, swapping out the battery, swapping out the SIM, but no avail. Swapping the same SIM to my old HTC works fine and connects on AWS 3G network.

This morning I tried another SIM that not on AWS, and it connects (assuming on 2G/EDGE network). Swap back in my original SIM and back to "No Service" (my provider only has 3G AWS service).

So at this point, I'm pretty convinced I have a hardware problem so I restore the stock Froyo ROM to return my phone...then magically, I'm back alive on the 3G AWS network!

Someone tell me what's going on!

I haven't tried to reflash CM7 again. Quite frankly I'm quite scared this may not be hardware problem and maybe a software issue instead, and may be stressing the 3G radio.

Help!
[LG Revolution] dastaak:
I have decap 1.1 running on my revo. LTE is off, WIFI is off I thought with new ROM it may improve battery life but it drains out with in 5 hrs or so.

Anything I can do? any suggestions?
[LG Revolution] Ace42:
I did this with my phone...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11803458&postcount=10

You can always go into settings, about phone, and check what apps are using power. You might as well turn LTE back on cause you're just wasting money if you're paying for something you're not using. Turn off B/g Data sync and try to manually sync all data instead. And the new google maps has been causing some issues according to things i've heard lately, even reviews on the market say so.
[LG Revolution] ozymandiaz:
Since 4g and 3g are billed the same, how is he paying more for something he's not using? If you are in a 3g only area, or a weakly covered 4g area, go ahead and turn off that 4g. It's silly to drain your battery on a service that you aren't able to make use of anyways...
[LG Revolution] Ace42:
I was under the impression that when LTE[4G] is turned off via settings--> mobile network then he will only get 2G on his device. It was a mistake, I forgot Verizon would use 3G since no 2G is there. Of course I know when you leave a 4G area you revert to 3G/2G/GPRS<--for GSM, I said that since on GSM in settings you can only do 3G preferred, 2g only, 3g/2g auto...There's no way on GSM to get just 3G unless you leave the 4G area.
[LG Revolution] dastaak:
I tried the procedure in the forum doesn't work for me never shows 60% battery after reboot and inserting battery. Would you care to explain how you did it.

Many Thanks...
[LG Revolution] markapowell:
I tried it too for giggles sake, and no go. You pull the battery at anytime, and it doesn't run.

Edit... I lied. Plug it into the wall. It will go to the boot animation, without the battery in, but will black out, and the bottom lights will flash. And even though, I had a full charge before plugging in, after putting the battery back in, the LG symbol comes up. Then its telling me, its charging. Interesting. Going to the gym, and I will come back and see where I am at with charging.

Edit... Nifty. battery is reading 4181 at 100% I should have downloaded the battery widget before I did this, so I could have compared.

Should I, or do I need to recalibrate my battery every so often, or should it run like this from now on?

OH now I am mad!!!! How dare you show me how to calibrate my battery. LOL!! I have been unplugged for 2 hours and 15 minutes. I am down to 4133 and still at 100% Normally after 2 hours I am down to 90-95%. AWESOMENESS!!!!
[LG Revolution] Ace42:
I do it maybe every 2 or 3 months or even when you change ROMs. The ? @ 60% is a Droid/Moto things only you won't be seeing that on other phones, but the trick still seems to work nonetheless. You can get spare parts to see the battery reading if you don't want the widget.
[LG Revolution] jackpot08:
So calibrating the battery really makes a difference for the lg revolution?
[LG Revolution] Ace42:
It's for any android phone, even the droid charge users do it, since they have bad life.
[LG Revolution] dastaak:
I'm seeing under About Phone -- Battery Use --

Cell Standby uses 62% off Battery

Phone Idle uses 21 % of Battery

Display uses 12% of Battery

Voice Calls uses 7% of Batter

The numbers for Cell Standby and Phone idle is usual? Do you guys see the same numbers? Anyway I can bring this down beside Plane Mode?
[LG Revolution] Ace42:
Signal needs the juice and always uses a lot of power, phone idle is power used while idle, you can't change that. Except by turning if the phone. My numbers are similar to yours, but my signal is around 50%.

Sent from myTouch 4G
[LG Revolution] dastaak:
Any idea why dial-er will take 25%??
[LG Revolution] squidder:
No sense in calibrating the battery with that method....just download battery calibration from the market and push one button lol
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] rzepplin:
Installed KG6 on SGS4g and when I try to use bluetooth it connects but you cant hear the caller, any suggestions.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Asyn:
Apparently Gingerbread has serious bluetooth issues. This is a problem across the board for phones running GB. I have a bluetooth barcode scanner that works just find under Froyo but GB won't even detect the device.

No where have I found any type of fix for it, or even really suggestions (other than unpair/re-pair)

:(

This makes me extra sad because now I have to lug around a tablet just to do inventory at work when I used to be able to do it from my phone.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sajwhat:
I FLASHED MY T-MOBILE OMNIA 7 TO UK RETAIL FIRMWARE AND UPDATED TO MANGO 7712 BUILD WITH DEVELOPER UNLOCK. MY QUESTION IS : I THINK MY PHONE HEATS WHEN USING 3G APPS OR 3D GAMES IN MY WP7 PHONE (SAMSUNG OMNIA 7). NOT TOO MUCH BUT I FEEL WARM IN MY POCKET WITH PHONE. SO IS IT JUST MY THINKING OR U GUYS ALSO HAVE PROBLEM ? IS IT MAY BE I FLASHED MY PHONE WITH ANOTHER FIRMWARE ? IM CONFUSED.... DOES IT HEATS WITH UR OMNIA 7 WITH ORIGINAL FIRMWARES ALSO ? PLS LOOKING FOR YOUR KIND REPLY...:confused: